Santo Domingo.- The United States has cancelled the visa of president Leonel Fernandez’s two top security officials, former Armed Forces Minister Manuel de Jesus Florentino, and a former Chief of the National Police, according the US network, Univision.
The revelation comes after months of speculation on allegedly cancelled visas of senior officials, while the allegation against Florentino dates back to Fernandez’s first term in office (1996-2000).
The network said the US State Department’s measure affects Fernandez’s personal assistant and National Investigations Department (DNI) director Victor Crispín Zorrilla, the head of his security detail, general Héctor Medina Medina and former National Police chief Rafael Guillermo Guzman.
Univision Chief investigative reporter Gerardo Reyes, speaking exclusively to the local news network SIN, said they’ve tried to obtain a response from those affected, without results.
He said that several weeks ago he investigated the case and that there’s no political agenda in the denunciation. “I want to clarify that this is based on entirely reliable sources. We were in the Presidency and in the National Investigations Department today to get their versions and they didn’t respond us.”
Local newspaper Hoy reports it tried to get the US Embassy’s reaction, to which its Press attaché Judith Ravin said, “Given the confidentiality of the visa files we generally cannot provide information on particular cases, except to the bearer of the visa.
“The State Department has sweeping authority to revoke visas. This authority is typically exerted when, after the issuing of a visa, information surfaces which indicates that the bearer of the visa could be inadmissible to the United States or ineligible to receive a visa,” Ravin said, quoted by Hoy.
Written by: josean, 22 Feb 2012 7:50 AM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
The Purple Caca has hit the proverbial fan!
Written by: josean, 22 Feb 2012 8:05 AM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
I wonder who the singing Canary is:
Is it the Dominican Narco Quiriono?
Is it the Puerto Rican Narco José David Figueroa Agosto?
Is it the Spanish Narco Arturo Del Tiempo Márquez?
Is it the Dominican Campaign contributor Narco Oscar Ezequiel Rodriguez?
Or have all four become an Operatic Chorus?
Written by: josean, 22 Feb 2012 8:19 AM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
It appears that DT’s Chorus of Purple Clapping Seals with their conductor Rickey and the Musical Director Atabey are sleeping in late today or the hiding behind a rock!
From: Dominican Republic
Just before the election, Well it looks like canaries are singing cheerfully in US jails.
I wonder if they will take Leonels visa after he leaves office in May?
Written by: josean, 22 Feb 2012 8:33 AM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
Here is more good News From The Failed Narco State Lie-onel has created better known as METROLANDIA:
This news article will surely cheer up Rickey aka Mr. Clean!
“They reveal the country launders over a Billon US dollars per year!”
“SANTO DOMINGO.-Each year in the Dominican Republic around One Billon 60 million US dollars of illegal money is laundered, i.e. close to 2% of the gross domestic product (GDP), which comes from corruption, violent criminal activity and tax evasion.”
Read the rest at: almomento.net
Written by: matador, 22 Feb 2012 8:33 AM
From: United States, www.brugal-ron.com/home.php
I hope that after the Investigation outcome they can found proof to put these bunch of scumbag in US Jail for life.
Written by: RoyStone, 22 Feb 2012 8:44 AM
From: Australia
Maybe Leo will need a Dominican visa after the election?
Maybe he will lose his British visa when he becomes the proud owner of the first Malvinas visa.
Written by: josean, 22 Feb 2012 8:50 AM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
Roy it’s not over till the Fat Lady sings but I think I do hear practicing!
Any inference drawn with the First Lady is purely coincidental!
Written by: RoyStone, 22 Feb 2012 8:56 AM
From: Australia
Will Dominicans need a visa for Saona Island?
How about a competition for the new name?
(Mavinas Island is still available)
Bounty Island? (after the chocolate bar advert photographed there)
Written by: josean, 22 Feb 2012 9:00 AM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
How about Devil's Island?
Written by: RoyStone, 22 Feb 2012 9:05 AM
From: Australia
I wonder if 43 million Euros is enough to jump the queue to be the next Queen of Denmark (ahead of the Australian Princess)?
Written by: airgordo, 22 Feb 2012 9:54 AM
From: Dominican Republic
jajajaja
From: Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata
You can't be a narcocrat and a cleptocrat and expect everything to be hunky dory.
Maybe they should call a meeting in Narcotorre Atiemar in Guzman's apartment and elaborate a strategy.,
From: United States
And any other nation would be embarrassed by being represented by these thugs.
But not the Dominican political machine. This is just another feather in their transparent corruption hat.
Losers.
Written by: generoso, 22 Feb 2012 10:24 AM
From: United States, Quisqueya
You guys are so funny, maybe we are on to something here and become satirical political comedians.
At the very least we can joke about the status quo, but some of the guys in the article can't take a joke, and are extremely dangerous to health and well being. Sad but true, if in doubt ask the deceased Cuban exile owner of coffee shop "La Francesa" in SD, who was gunned down for talking too loud.
Written by: danny00, 22 Feb 2012 10:43 AM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
they have boats going to puerto rico every day of the week, so the visa is not so important for them they also can into the states though the back door.
Written by: THINK, 22 Feb 2012 10:45 AM
From: United States, SDQ -- Mia --NY
Lie-onel should feel very shame of this cancellation of his top security assistants' visa to the US, but I bet he is also very happy because when he finish his terms, he could have one excellent life.
Written by: THINK, 22 Feb 2012 11:17 AM
From: United States, SDQ -- Mia --NY
Foresthill:
""I wonder if they will take Leonels visa after he leaves office in May?""
I am sure that the US has some kind of clues that LIe-onel is linked to those big drug issues, so...
I totally agree with you that the US should cancel Lie-onel's visa as well in May....
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
Well if they were investigated for past problems and the US do not want to reissue the visas ,,that sounds very fair to me ,,,it is their country ,,,I note that many many dominicans are deported every year and now in Spain two rival gangs have moved there from the USA to Spain and are causing problems .
After all in the NY prisons, Dominicans have the highest percentage inmates to country population and there is evidence that a Domincan gang is terrorising SAn Juan CR .So a non renewal of a visa to the USA is no surprise to me
Written by: Perez, 22 Feb 2012 1:44 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Good job! now, eliminate Leo's visa as well!
Written by: josean, 22 Feb 2012 2:13 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
"So a non renewal of a visa to the USA is no surprise to me "
It’s not a non-renewal it is the revocation of the VISA of the personal bodyguard of the president of the republic, not just some ordinary Juan del Pueblo, who lied on his application.
That Slap in the face to Lie-onel did not occur because his fat bodyguard did not pay double parking tickets in Washington Heights!
I think to risk embarrassing the president of another sovereign nation with whom you have friendly and full diplomatic and economic relations and possibly cause a diplomatic incident is not done unless he was found to be involved in some very, very, very serious negative activity.
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
The DR has to deal with these problems just like all other developing countries ..Visas to the USA are now not easy to obtain and are easy to lose ..
Actually the head of the Presidential Guard is the chief security officer , a general who always drives with the President ..and to my knowledge he has no problems with his VIsa anywhere
From: Dominican Republic, NEVER FORGOTTEN, NEVER FORSAKEN!
He who allow disorder, is also out of order.
That's you Leonel Fernandez.
From: Dominican Republic, Santiago
Is this the same Zorilla connected with the Figueroa Agosto case?
Written by: HONEST, 22 Feb 2012 7:52 PM
From: Netherlands Antilles
shame on you guys
Written by: josean, 22 Feb 2012 7:58 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
Presidential aides have US visas revoked
According to the US television channel in Spanish Univision, the US State Department has revoked visas from four people who work closely with President Leonel Fernandez.
The people involved are Victor Crispin Zorrilla, personal assistant to Fernandez and sub director of the National Investigations Department (DNI), General Hector Medina Medina, head of the Presidential security detail, the former head of the Armed Forces and the DNI, Manuel de Jesus Florentino Florentino and the former chief of Police and political adviser to the President, General Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin.
Univision's research department head Gerardo Reyes said that they have been trying to obtain reactions from those involved but have had no response to date. He stressed that there was no political agenda behind these revelations.
continued:
Written by: josean, 22 Feb 2012 7:58 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
Yes Carmen he is!
Written by: josean, 22 Feb 2012 8:07 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
Hoy newspaper tried to obtain a statement from the US embassy in Santo Domingo but press attache Judith Ravin would only say that she could not provide information about individual cases to third parties due to the confidentiality involved with visas. She did say that the State Department has the right to revoke visas, which would happen if they received information indicating that the visa holder would not be admitted into the US, or would be ineligible for a visa if they applied now.
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The Purple Caca has hit the proverbial fan!
I wonder who the singing Canary is:
Is it the Dominican Narco Quiriono?
Is it the Puerto Rican Narco José David Figueroa Agosto?
Is it the Spanish Narco Arturo Del Tiempo Márquez?
Is it the Dominican Campaign contributor Narco Oscar Ezequiel Rodriguez?
Or have all four become an Operatic Chorus?
It appears that DT’s Chorus of Purple Clapping Seals with their conductor Rickey and the Musical Director Atabey are sleeping in late today or the hiding behind a rock!
I wonder if they will take Leonels visa after he leaves office in May?
Here is more good News From The Failed Narco State Lie-onel has created better known as METROLANDIA:
This news article will surely cheer up Rickey aka Mr. Clean!
“They reveal the country launders over a Billon US dollars per year!”
“SANTO DOMINGO.-Each year in the Dominican Republic around One Billon 60 million US dollars of illegal money is laundered, i.e. close to 2% of the gross domestic product (GDP), which comes from corruption, violent criminal activity and tax evasion.”
Read the rest at: almomento.net
Maybe he will lose his British visa when he becomes the proud owner of the first Malvinas visa.
Roy it’s not over till the Fat Lady sings but I think I do hear practicing!
Any inference drawn with the First Lady is purely coincidental!
How about a competition for the new name?
(Mavinas Island is still available)
Bounty Island? (after the chocolate bar advert photographed there)
How about Devil's Island?
Maybe they should call a meeting in Narcotorre Atiemar in Guzman's apartment and elaborate a strategy.,
And any other nation would be embarrassed by being represented by these thugs.
But not the Dominican political machine. This is just another feather in their transparent corruption hat.
Losers.
You guys are so funny, maybe we are on to something here and become satirical political comedians.
At the very least we can joke about the status quo, but some of the guys in the article can't take a joke, and are extremely dangerous to health and well being. Sad but true, if in doubt ask the deceased Cuban exile owner of coffee shop "La Francesa" in SD, who was gunned down for talking too loud.
Lie-onel should feel very shame of this cancellation of his top security assistants' visa to the US, but I bet he is also very happy because when he finish his terms, he could have one excellent life.
Foresthill:
""I wonder if they will take Leonels visa after he leaves office in May?""
I am sure that the US has some kind of clues that LIe-onel is linked to those big drug issues, so...
I totally agree with you that the US should cancel Lie-onel's visa as well in May....
After all in the NY prisons, Dominicans have the highest percentage inmates to country population and there is evidence that a Domincan gang is terrorising SAn Juan CR .So a non renewal of a visa to the USA is no surprise to me
"So a non renewal of a visa to the USA is no surprise to me "
It’s not a non-renewal it is the revocation of the VISA of the personal bodyguard of the president of the republic, not just some ordinary Juan del Pueblo, who lied on his application.
That Slap in the face to Lie-onel did not occur because his fat bodyguard did not pay double parking tickets in Washington Heights!
I think to risk embarrassing the president of another sovereign nation with whom you have friendly and full diplomatic and economic relations and possibly cause a diplomatic incident is not done unless he was found to be involved in some very, very, very serious negative activity.
Actually the head of the Presidential Guard is the chief security officer , a general who always drives with the President ..and to my knowledge he has no problems with his VIsa anywhere
That's you Leonel Fernandez.
Presidential aides have US visas revoked
According to the US television channel in Spanish Univision, the US State Department has revoked visas from four people who work closely with President Leonel Fernandez.
The people involved are Victor Crispin Zorrilla, personal assistant to Fernandez and sub director of the National Investigations Department (DNI), General Hector Medina Medina, head of the Presidential security detail, the former head of the Armed Forces and the DNI, Manuel de Jesus Florentino Florentino and the former chief of Police and political adviser to the President, General Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin.
Univision's research department head Gerardo Reyes said that they have been trying to obtain reactions from those involved but have had no response to date. He stressed that there was no political agenda behind these revelations.
continued:
Yes Carmen he is!
Hoy newspaper tried to obtain a statement from the US embassy in Santo Domingo but press attache Judith Ravin would only say that she could not provide information about individual cases to third parties due to the confidentiality involved with visas. She did say that the State Department has the right to revoke visas, which would happen if they received information indicating that the visa holder would not be admitted into the US, or would be ineligible for a visa if they applied now.
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